Saturday, June 28, 2008

blogging is humbling...

As usual, I am sitting in a coffee shop playing on my laptop surfing the web and Googling different subject. What I thought was pretty interesting is that the majority of the links I found on interesting topics were mostly on people's blogs. A while back I blogged on how people have found this site, mostly through Google, and for some reason it is really sinking in just how wild this whole blogging thing is.

Now of course most people find my site because they did a search on a topic of interest rather than coming to my site specifically to see what I have to say. But the fact that there are people literally all over the world are reading my words is a pretty wild concept. Along these lines I went to my SiteMeter which can show a map of the world and where the last 100 visiters live and it is so cool seeing the impact of the internet. In just the last couple of days I have had visitors from Sweeden, Bulgaria, Mexico, UK, Denmark, Ireland, and Cyprus.

Even though I am sure most visitors just pop on and then pop off of my ramblings, but just the fact that people have stopped by is just pretty cool and just a little bit humbling.

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about this site...

This site is basically going to be some rambling thoughts from a middle school science teacher. I want to share some insight in what it is like being surounded each day by the "hormonally challenged" and why I could not imagine doing any other job.

I would love to get your feedback so please leave comments along the way...I always encourage lots of participation in my classroom.

And if you want to simply drop me a line or ask me a question, you can email me at:

lura.mcelveen283@gmail.com

about me...

the teacher

Well in a nutshell I am somebody who left an eight year career in the high tech industry to try and inspire greatness in young teenagers. Not only am I crazy enough to WANT to teach middle school, but I am also in process of getting my Masters in Middle Level Education...I have to be committed to be doing that (either as in being "dedicated" or "hosptialized" - your choice)

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copyright...

Everything on this site is under copyright of the teacher. If you want to use or link any content you find here for non-commercial purposes, please make sure you reference this site. Hey, I am a school teacher after all and I do not even let my students plagiarize...